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I think the efforts in Afghanistan were warranted. The Taliban was/is a scourge that needed to be ousted. Quite frankly, it was largely the USA's fault that the rise of the Taliban came about, through the massive funding and arming of the Mujaheddin (though one could also argue that the Soviet invasion played a part as well). In other words, it was one of the bigger messes left over from the Cold War and it needed to be fixed (regardless of Osama bin Laden).
What is frustrating is the fact that Bush and co. shifted the emphasis to Iraq and left Afghanistan to flap in the wind (I exaggerate but not much). I would like to see a more International effort in place and a plan to help rebuild rather than just conquer. I don't care if Afghanistan doesn't become a Liberal Democracy, rather, I just want to see them try and return to what they had before the Soviet invasion descended upon them...
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